"ECOLOGY" is an "in" word in policy sciences. However, its main application h... more "ECOLOGY" is an "in" word in policy sciences. However, its main application has been in the field of biology, where it suggests the interdependence between an animal species and its natural environment. Sociologists have extended the use of the term to mean a study of man's spatial relations in urban settings. In 1947, John M. Gaus in a seminal paper, emphasized the need to employ the concept of ecology in the study of public administration-namely the necessary interdependence of public bureaucracy and its environment. 1 He presented a list of factors "useful as explaining" the ebb and flow of the functions of government. They were: people, place, physical technology, social technology, wishes and ideas, catastrophe, and personality.2 Besides leaving the problem of overlapping categories unresolved, Gaus did not elaborate these factors sufficiently, though his suggestive study did encourage other scholars to look at ecological dimensions of public administration. 3 In the same year, Robert Dahl criticized the culturebound character of public administration literature and stressed the need for cross-cultural studies that emphasized environmental effects on administrative structure and behaviour.' Dahl observed that puolic administration cannot escape the effects of "national psychology" and political, social, and cultural environment in which it develops. He decried the almost total ignorance of the relationship between the so-called "principles of public administration" and their general setting.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on the importance
of housing as a social determinant of... more The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on the importance of housing as a social determinant of health. To prevent millions of American renters from being evicted from their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and potentially becoming homeless, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a temporary eviction ban order on September 4, 2020 that has currently been extended through June 30, 2021. This paper examines the rationale for the CDC temporary eviction ban order from a public health perspective. It then uses statistical techniques to explore the relationship between political and demographic variables and temporary eviction bans enacted in individual states during the pandemic. Results show a statistically significant relationship between political party control of the state legislature and temporary state eviction bans which suggests that partisanship has largely driven the use of temporary eviction bans as a policy response to COVID-19 at the state level.
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the extent to which patient attitudes a... more The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the extent to which patient attitudes and intentions predict adherence to the use of oral antihyperglycemic regimens in African Americans. This cross-sectional study of 115 participants used correlation analysis to establish relationships among patient attitudes, intentions and adherence. Data analyses showed significant correlations between the variables. Multiple regression analysis was used to establish predictions between the variables. A prediction model containing attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control (PBC) explained 37% of the variance to behavioral intention. Intentions accounted for 8.5% of the variance to adherence. Attitudes predicted behavioral intentions. The findings support the theory of planned behavior model and identify important correlations between attitudes, intentions and behaviors. In addition, the results underscore the need for promoting positive attitudes and positive intention...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on the importance of housing as a social determinant of ... more The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on the importance of housing as a social determinant of health. To prevent millions of American renters from being evicted from their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and potentially becoming homeless, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a temporary eviction ban order on September 4, 2020 that has currently been extended through June 30, 2021. This paper examines the rationale for the CDC temporary eviction ban order from a public health perspective. It then uses statistical techniques to explore the relationship between political and demographic variables and temporary eviction bans enacted in individual states during the pandemic. Results show a statistically significant relationship between political party control of the state legislature and temporary state eviction bans which suggests that partisanship has largely driven the use of temporary eviction bans as a policy response to COVID-19 at the state level.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2018
This study assessed the construct validity of the Hiring Agent Survey regarding Selection of Qual... more This study assessed the construct validity of the Hiring Agent Survey regarding Selection of Qualified Autistic Candidates (HASSQAC) through factor and reliability analysis. Empirical evidence demonstrated the HASSQAC effectively measures Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior regarding beliefs influencing hiring selection of autistics.KMO = .831demonstrated factor analysis sample adequacy (n = 212). The Bartlett test for sphericity was significant (p < .001). The first four factors explained 57% of the variance. A principal factor analysis with a forced 3 factor extraction using varimax orthogonal rotation constructed a clear conceptual picture of the relationships between items (factor loadings > .40). The 3 factors explained over 50% of the variance among the 45 items. Reliability analysis demonstrated significant Cronbach’s alpha (control = .923; normative = .846; behavioral = .901). Analysis of the 45-item scale demonstrated all but four factors were convergent with prior fin...
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2018
This study assessed the construct validity of the Hiring Agent Survey regarding Selection of Qual... more This study assessed the construct validity of the Hiring Agent Survey regarding Selection of Qualified Autistic Candidates (HASSQAC) through factor and reliability analysis. Empirical evidence demonstrated the HASSQAC effectively measures Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior regarding beliefs influencing hiring selection of autistics.KMO = .831demonstrated factor analysis sample adequacy (n = 212). The Bartlett test for sphericity was significant (p < .001). The first four factors explained 57% of the variance. A principal factor analysis with a forced 3 factor extraction using varimax orthogonal rotation constructed a clear conceptual picture of the relationships between items (factor loadings > .40). The 3 factors explained over 50% of the variance among the 45 items. Reliability analysis demonstrated significant Cronbach’s alpha (control = .923; normative = .846; behavioral = .901). Analysis of the 45-item scale demonstrated all but four factors were convergent with prior fin...
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the extent to which patient attitudes a... more The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the extent to which patient attitudes and intentions predict adherence to the use of oral antihyperglycemic regimens in African Americans. This cross-sectional study of 115 participants used correlation analysis to establish relationships among patient attitudes, intentions and adherence. Data analyses showed significant correlations between the variables. Multiple regression analysis was used to establish predictions between the variables. A prediction model containing attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control (PBC) explained 37% of the variance to behavioral intention. Intentions accounted for 8.5% of the variance to adherence. Attitudes predicted behavioral intentions. The findings support the theory of planned behavior model and identify important correlations between attitudes, intentions and behaviors. In addition, the results underscore the need for promoting positive attitudes and positive intention...
"ECOLOGY" is an "in" word in policy sciences. However, its main application h... more "ECOLOGY" is an "in" word in policy sciences. However, its main application has been in the field of biology, where it suggests the interdependence between an animal species and its natural environment. Sociologists have extended the use of the term to mean a study of man's spatial relations in urban settings. In 1947, John M. Gaus in a seminal paper, emphasized the need to employ the concept of ecology in the study of public administration-namely the necessary interdependence of public bureaucracy and its environment. 1 He presented a list of factors "useful as explaining" the ebb and flow of the functions of government. They were: people, place, physical technology, social technology, wishes and ideas, catastrophe, and personality.2 Besides leaving the problem of overlapping categories unresolved, Gaus did not elaborate these factors sufficiently, though his suggestive study did encourage other scholars to look at ecological dimensions of public administration. 3 In the same year, Robert Dahl criticized the culturebound character of public administration literature and stressed the need for cross-cultural studies that emphasized environmental effects on administrative structure and behaviour.' Dahl observed that puolic administration cannot escape the effects of "national psychology" and political, social, and cultural environment in which it develops. He decried the almost total ignorance of the relationship between the so-called "principles of public administration" and their general setting.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on the importance
of housing as a social determinant of... more The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on the importance of housing as a social determinant of health. To prevent millions of American renters from being evicted from their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and potentially becoming homeless, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a temporary eviction ban order on September 4, 2020 that has currently been extended through June 30, 2021. This paper examines the rationale for the CDC temporary eviction ban order from a public health perspective. It then uses statistical techniques to explore the relationship between political and demographic variables and temporary eviction bans enacted in individual states during the pandemic. Results show a statistically significant relationship between political party control of the state legislature and temporary state eviction bans which suggests that partisanship has largely driven the use of temporary eviction bans as a policy response to COVID-19 at the state level.
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the extent to which patient attitudes a... more The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the extent to which patient attitudes and intentions predict adherence to the use of oral antihyperglycemic regimens in African Americans. This cross-sectional study of 115 participants used correlation analysis to establish relationships among patient attitudes, intentions and adherence. Data analyses showed significant correlations between the variables. Multiple regression analysis was used to establish predictions between the variables. A prediction model containing attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control (PBC) explained 37% of the variance to behavioral intention. Intentions accounted for 8.5% of the variance to adherence. Attitudes predicted behavioral intentions. The findings support the theory of planned behavior model and identify important correlations between attitudes, intentions and behaviors. In addition, the results underscore the need for promoting positive attitudes and positive intention...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on the importance of housing as a social determinant of ... more The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on the importance of housing as a social determinant of health. To prevent millions of American renters from being evicted from their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and potentially becoming homeless, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a temporary eviction ban order on September 4, 2020 that has currently been extended through June 30, 2021. This paper examines the rationale for the CDC temporary eviction ban order from a public health perspective. It then uses statistical techniques to explore the relationship between political and demographic variables and temporary eviction bans enacted in individual states during the pandemic. Results show a statistically significant relationship between political party control of the state legislature and temporary state eviction bans which suggests that partisanship has largely driven the use of temporary eviction bans as a policy response to COVID-19 at the state level.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2018
This study assessed the construct validity of the Hiring Agent Survey regarding Selection of Qual... more This study assessed the construct validity of the Hiring Agent Survey regarding Selection of Qualified Autistic Candidates (HASSQAC) through factor and reliability analysis. Empirical evidence demonstrated the HASSQAC effectively measures Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior regarding beliefs influencing hiring selection of autistics.KMO = .831demonstrated factor analysis sample adequacy (n = 212). The Bartlett test for sphericity was significant (p < .001). The first four factors explained 57% of the variance. A principal factor analysis with a forced 3 factor extraction using varimax orthogonal rotation constructed a clear conceptual picture of the relationships between items (factor loadings > .40). The 3 factors explained over 50% of the variance among the 45 items. Reliability analysis demonstrated significant Cronbach’s alpha (control = .923; normative = .846; behavioral = .901). Analysis of the 45-item scale demonstrated all but four factors were convergent with prior fin...
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2018
This study assessed the construct validity of the Hiring Agent Survey regarding Selection of Qual... more This study assessed the construct validity of the Hiring Agent Survey regarding Selection of Qualified Autistic Candidates (HASSQAC) through factor and reliability analysis. Empirical evidence demonstrated the HASSQAC effectively measures Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior regarding beliefs influencing hiring selection of autistics.KMO = .831demonstrated factor analysis sample adequacy (n = 212). The Bartlett test for sphericity was significant (p < .001). The first four factors explained 57% of the variance. A principal factor analysis with a forced 3 factor extraction using varimax orthogonal rotation constructed a clear conceptual picture of the relationships between items (factor loadings > .40). The 3 factors explained over 50% of the variance among the 45 items. Reliability analysis demonstrated significant Cronbach’s alpha (control = .923; normative = .846; behavioral = .901). Analysis of the 45-item scale demonstrated all but four factors were convergent with prior fin...
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the extent to which patient attitudes a... more The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the extent to which patient attitudes and intentions predict adherence to the use of oral antihyperglycemic regimens in African Americans. This cross-sectional study of 115 participants used correlation analysis to establish relationships among patient attitudes, intentions and adherence. Data analyses showed significant correlations between the variables. Multiple regression analysis was used to establish predictions between the variables. A prediction model containing attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control (PBC) explained 37% of the variance to behavioral intention. Intentions accounted for 8.5% of the variance to adherence. Attitudes predicted behavioral intentions. The findings support the theory of planned behavior model and identify important correlations between attitudes, intentions and behaviors. In addition, the results underscore the need for promoting positive attitudes and positive intention...
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of housing as a social determinant of health. To prevent millions
of American renters from being evicted from their homes during
the COVID-19 pandemic and potentially becoming homeless,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued
a temporary eviction ban order on September 4, 2020 that has
currently been extended through June 30, 2021. This paper
examines the rationale for the CDC temporary eviction ban
order from a public health perspective. It then uses statistical
techniques to explore the relationship between political and
demographic variables and temporary eviction bans enacted in
individual states during the pandemic. Results show a statistically
significant relationship between political party control of the state
legislature and temporary state eviction bans which suggests
that partisanship has largely driven the use of temporary eviction
bans as a policy response to COVID-19 at the state level.
of housing as a social determinant of health. To prevent millions
of American renters from being evicted from their homes during
the COVID-19 pandemic and potentially becoming homeless,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued
a temporary eviction ban order on September 4, 2020 that has
currently been extended through June 30, 2021. This paper
examines the rationale for the CDC temporary eviction ban
order from a public health perspective. It then uses statistical
techniques to explore the relationship between political and
demographic variables and temporary eviction bans enacted in
individual states during the pandemic. Results show a statistically
significant relationship between political party control of the state
legislature and temporary state eviction bans which suggests
that partisanship has largely driven the use of temporary eviction
bans as a policy response to COVID-19 at the state level.